Durga Prasad Dhar
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  • 10 May 1918 - 12 June 1975
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Durga Prasad Dhar was a prominent Kashmiri politician and Indian diplomat.
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Chapters
His life
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Childhood and Family
  • May 10, 1918
Lucknow: The Beginning of a Political Life
  • January 1, 1937
Kashmir: Building the State
  • June 1, 1940
Moscow: Ambassador to the Soviet Union
  • February 1, 1969
Bangladesh: The Architect of the Liberation
  • August 8, 1971
The Simla Agreement
  • June 28, 1972
The Planning Commission
  • July 23, 1972
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The D.P. Dhar Papers

D.P. Dhar was a prolific writer with a profound sense of history. In his capacity as Home Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and Minister of Planning, he documented much of his life and work.

Some of his private papers are now available to view as part of this digital archive. Scholars and enthusiasts will find his writings of particular interest as he sheds light on some key moments in India’s history.

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Sheikh Abdullah (left), DP Dhar (center) at the UN, 1948.
Sheikh Abdullah (seated left), Jawaharlal Nehru (seated centre), Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (seated right), DP Dhar (standing third from right)
DP Dhar (left) with Prime Minister Nehru (right)
Sheikh Abdullah (left), DP Dhar (right)
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DP Dhar (right) listening to Nehru deliver his famous speech in Lal Chowk, Srinagar. 2 November 1947.
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DP Dhar with Indira Gandhi
The first J&K Cabinet in 1949. D.P. Dhar stands second from the right.
DP Dhar (right), RN Warikoo and PN Thusu during the floods of 1951
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D P Dhar Visit to Salal Hydel Project.
D.P. Dhar in his office.
DP Dhar (right) and Indira Gandhi negotiating with Pakistan's Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Aziz Ahmed at the Simla talks, 28 June 1972.
Soviet Premier Brezhnev and Indira Gandhi with DP Dhar (centre) at the signing of the Indo-Soviet Peace Treaty. 9 August 1971.
D.P. Dhar and Indira Gandhi at a meeeting of The Planning Commission
D P Dhar Visit to Salal Hydel Project.
D P Dhar Visit to Salal Hydel Project.
R to L: PN Dhar, PN Haksar, DP Dhar, TN Kaul at the Simla Agreement talks in June 1972.
D.P. Dhar as Minister of Planning
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D P Dhar Visit to Salal Hydel Project.
D P Dhar's visit to Iraq in 1972.
D P Dhar's visit to Iraq in 1972.
D P Dhar's visit to Iraq in 1972.
D P Dhar's visit to Iraq in 1972.
D P Dhar's visit to HEEP.
DP Dhar inaugurating the Steel Melting Plant of Bokaro at Jharkhand on 31 January, 1974.
AICC The Southern Zonal Conference.
Remembering DP Dhar
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Vijay Kelkar: “My coming into the Government of India was all thanks to DP Sahib”
Illustrated Weekly: Law and Order in Jammu and Kashmir, March 1966
Sh. D.P. Dhar – An Unobtrusive Politician Diplomat of Kashmir
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas remembers meeting D.P. Dhar in 1947
P.N. Dhar: “D.P.’s task was formidable but he was eminently qualified to undertake it”
Our Man in Moscow
My time with the unforgettable D.P. Dhar
Hemant Singh remembers D.P. Dhar
D.K. Barooah: “D.P. had a sharp sense of social reality”
Editorial: The Lucknow University Union Journal March 1940
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D.P. Dhar leads the Indian delegation to Pakistan ahead of the Simla Agreement talks. 26 April 1972.

“Bazm-e-khoobaan se mujhe soo-e-biyabaan le chali,

Kis qadhar vehshat talab taseer is ki dekhna”

— D.P. Dhar wrote poetry under the pen name ‘Raunaq Kashmiri’

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